Kakulimriga, Kākulīmṛga, Kakuli-mriga: 4 definitions

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Kakulimriga means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Kākulīmṛga can be transliterated into English as Kakulimrga or Kakulimriga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Kakulimriga in Ayurveda glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Kākulīmṛga (काकुलीमृग) is a Sanskrit word referring to the animal “python”. The meat of this animal is part of the māṃsavarga (‘group of flesh’), which is used throughout Ayurvedic literature. The animal Kākulīmṛga is part of the sub-group named Bhūmiśaya, refering to animals “who sleep in burrows in earth”. It was classified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic properties of the substance. The word is composed of kākulī and mṛga.

Kākulīmṛga is said to be of four species:

  1. Śvetakākulīmṛga (‘white pyton’),
  2. Śyāmakākulīmṛga (‘blackish pyton’),
  3. Citrapṛṣṭhakākulīmṛga (‘spotted pyton’),
  4. Kālakakākulīmṛga (‘black pyton’).
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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kakulimriga in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kākulīmṛga (काकुलीमृग):—[=kākulī-mṛga] m. an animal belonging to the class of Bhūmi-śayas, [Caraka i, 27.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Kakulimriga in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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